If CMS were to survey the facility you would probably be cited for mixing dirty with clean. On our IC environmental rounds sheet, we have to check the clean utility rooms and ensure that nothing...
The portable computer workstations we use do not have drawers. The nurses are hanging plastic bags from the side to store flushes, insulin syringes and such. The problem is they do not remove the...
We aspire to be a magnet hospital so therefore group huddles are to be done daily. If you miss the daily huddle then you're supposed to read-and sign- the huddle sheet that you missed. We receive a...
I'm the Unit Champion on our med/surg floor. As the designated "cheerleader" I'm looking for ideas to encourage better participation in our daily 'huddles'. I'm also supposed to help my co-workers...
Someone told me that when I'm stumped to try and work backwards. Example: The TIME MEAUSURED OUTCOME (The Goal)l for this dx would be: Pt will feed herself safely during hospital stay. What...
Backstory. . .pt admitted for pneumonia. Hx fr 5 years ago included a mass in her colonwith mets to liver. Her eyes were very jaundiced. A physician mentioned to me that cxr showed worsening...
I had a pt who needed yet another Potassium run. She told me that it had burned when a previous nurse had run the potassium. Being a new nurse, I went seeking advise on what rate to run the...
I've been licensed since 3/08. Other nurses will see me "stressed" by the craziness of the moment on the med/surg floor and the usual word of advise is simply "breathe". I was standing next to a...
Embarrassed myself and got hauled into my directors office because I didn't follow procedure re how my facility utilizes air mattresses. I have started shifts with patients already on specialty beds...
I went to a podiatrist who dx my foot pain problem as plantar fascitis. He showed me how to use water proof tape to fashion a "support slipper" on the sole of my foot which gave me relief....
I thought Nursing School was stressful; especially the Skills Tests and Exam days. I graduated in January 2008 and by June had gone from an almost size 16 back down to a lovely size 12. I attributed...
I started back to school at age 50 while working 3 part-time jobs that fit around college classes. I may well have been the oldest in my nursing school class of 51. I was 54 when I passed NCLEX and...
I love SoundofMusic's schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to copy it and use it. I hope it will help me "anchor" the shift. There's so much going on during the med surg day shift and this schedule beats...
Dear Indigo, I'm a fourth semester nursing student and am taking my Trends in Nursing class. We have to do a presentation and I decided to focus on the respirators that nurses would be wearing while...